SELECTION OF ANIMATED VIEWING ANGLE IN AN IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
A system and method is provided for obtaining video data and metadata associated with the video data. A viewing angle is obtained based on the metadata. The video data is processed so that it can be displayed according to the viewing angle.
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16 . A method comprising:
obtaining a video stream having content and metadata associated with the video stream;
calculating via a processor a viewing angle by analyzing said content and associated metadata;
rendering via a processor said video stream so that it can be displayed according to said viewing angle.
17 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said calculating said viewing angle further comprises determining if said video stream includes a viewing descriptor and calculating said viewing angle based on said viewing descriptor.
18 . The method or claim 2 , wherein said viewing descriptor comprises a panoramic viewing descriptor.
19 . The method of claim 3 , wherein said panoramic viewing descriptor includes angles from 0 to 360 degrees of viewing.
20 . The method of claim 4 , wherein said content includes a plurality of mapped frames, the method further comprising or the system further configured for rendering each of the mapped frames of the video stream according to said viewing angle.
21 . The method of claim 6 , wherein said mapped frames are decoded to determine if any of the frames include a panoramic video descriptor.
22 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said viewing angle is determined by analyzing previous user viewing habits associated with a user profile.
23 . The method of claim 7 , wherein said viewing angle is determined by analyzing previous user viewing habits associated with a display device.
24 . The method of claim 8 , wherein said user habits are determined by analyzing a viewing descriptor when one is present.
25 . The method of claim 9 , wherein said viewing descriptor is used to determine a new viewing angle based on previous user preferences.
26 . A system comprising one or more processors configured to:
obtain a video stream having content and metadata associated with the video stream;
calculate via a processor a viewing angle by analyzing said content and associated metadata;
render said video stream so that it can be displayed according to said viewing angle.
27 . The system of claim 11 , wherein said rendering is performed using a display.
28 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising a user interface wherein said user interface has an associated memory for storing said new viewing angle.
29 . The system of claim 11 , wherein said user interface is configured to record any viewing angle and retrieve either said new viewing angle or a stored viewing angle established previously to determine said viewing angle.
30 . The system of claim 11 , wherein said calculating said viewing angle further comprises determining if said video stream includes a viewing descriptor and calculating said viewing angle based on said viewing descriptor.
31 . The system of claim 11 , wherein said viewing descriptor comprises a panoramic viewing descriptor.
32 . The system of claim 11 , wherein said viewing angle is determined by analyzing previous user viewing habits associated with a user profile.
33 . The system of claim 17 , wherein said viewing angle is determined by analyzing previous user viewing habits associated with a display device.
34 . The system of claim 18 , wherein said user habits are determined by analyzing a viewing descriptor when one is present.
35 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions executable to perform the method of claim 1 .